It’s fun to go to baby showers to ooh and ah over the cute baby clothes and see all of the fun gifts that the expectant mother receives. But sometimes they play awful games — like the one where they smash a candy bar in a disposable diaper and then you have to decide the name of the candy. YUCK!!

When I was planning a baby shower for my niece, I came across the clothespin activity.  I liked it SO much better than the diaper game.  We played it and everyone seemed to enjoy it.  The game is reminiscent of the olden days of cloth diapers being hung out to dry on a clothesline.  Here’s what you do.

Get a plastic hanger and about 20-25 clothespins.  Put the clothespins on the hanger — not too close together or it will be really hard for the guests to remove the pins.  Then, each guest takes a turn trying to take off as many clothespins as possible using only one hand.  When she drops one, her turn ends.  She counts how many she took off.  The guest that removed the most clothespins is the winner.

Here is a video of my other niece (the little sister of the mother-to-be) demonstrating the game.  (Before filming it, she was laughing and having a good time.  When we filmed her, she got way too serious!)

Our daughter is expecting (Yipee!) and so we will be having a baby shower for her.  If you have any ideas for fun activities, please post a comment!  (I need all the ideas I can get . . .)

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